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Journal of American Science 2012;8(12) http://www.jofamericanscience.org Increase of accommodation areas in the Holy land in Mina To cope with growing numbers of pilgrims annually while maintaining the overall Architectural character of mina and Arafat As is typical from 1430 years so far. 1Sayed Abdul Khaliq Elsayed and 2Nothiela Abdul Samie El-Hamouly 1Architectural Eng. & Building Technology, Modern Academy for Engineering &Technology in Maadi 2Architectural Department, Faculty of Engineering Shubra, Banha University [email protected] Abstract: The sight to the Holy land on mina and Arafat during the Hajj each year familiar to the hearts of Muslims, view tents established on the Holy Land of those areas and became the architectural style of the constants in the year Hajj following the Prophet PBUH but one of the greatest challenges facing operators and organizers for pilgrimage year after year is steady increasing in number of pilgrims.Thus requiring the preparation places equipped with accommodation in tents became Holy covering those territories has limited almost entirely to the pilgrims involved calling based service pilgrims start work projects such as giant draft stoning and lots more but such projects don't fit housing for pilgrims. In Mina and Arafat must be preserved as is, but that no concrete multi-storey buildings where the tents will place disarmament period identity religious spirit as long as high Pilgrims enjoyed on past time.And left us great challenges in resolving the issue of increasing the number of places for pilgrims in those feelings with the inevitable conservation of tents architectural form, nature and Holy as is without modification and any development must not come out about this absolutely fashionable shape.Fortunately, advanced research fields of green architecture, sustainable and means of natural lighting and ventilation in the last decade of the twentieth century and the beginnings of these century are helped in successfully created underground buildings for several roles have natural lighting and aeration during daylight hours as long as the Sun in the liver of the sky while preserving Earth green areas planted with many people rushed to build their homes underground with enjoyment of each space top their Green Witch with provision of energy required for lighting, ventilation and thermal comfort degree of preservation.This search finds that we can work a similar solution for two or more underground which tents in Mina and Arafat and processed for pilgrims in areas with natural lighting and aeration while maintaining the shape and nature of tent above ground. [Sayed Abdul Khaliq Elsayed and Nothiela Abdul Samie El-Hamouly. Increase of accommodation areas in the Holy land in Mina: To cope with growing numbers of pilgrims annually while maintaining the overall Architectural character of mina and Arafat As is typical from 1430 years so far. J Am Sci 2012;8(12):745- 752].(ISSN: 1545-1003). http://www.americanscience.org. 104 Keywords: Green Architecture - Natural Lighting - Natural Ventilation - Shape and character- building underground. 1. Introduction foot or the tip of his wing along the ground), and the Short History of Hajj. Zamzam Well miraculously sprang forth. The Hajj is based on a pilgrimage that was Prior to Muhammad's era, each year tribes from ancient even in the time of Muhammad mad in the 7th all around the Arabian Peninsula would converge on Century. According to Hadith, elements of the Hajj Mecca, as part of the pilgrimage. The exact faith of trace back to the time of Abraham (Ibrahim), around the tribes was not important at that time, and 2000 BCE. Abraham's wife, Sarah, was unable to Christian Arabs were as likely to make the pilgrimage conceive, and upon her request, Abraham had taken as the pagans.[12] Muslim historians refer to the time their female servant, Hagar, as a second wife. Hagar before Muhammad as jahiliyyah, the "Days of bore Abraham a son, Ishmael. It is believed that Ignorance", during which the Kaaba contained Abraham was ordered by God to leave Hagar (Hājar) hundreds of idols – totems of each of the tribes of the and Ishmael (ʼIsmāʻīl) alone in the desert. Looking Arabian Peninsula, with idols of pagan gods such as for shelter, food and water, Hagar ran back and forth Hubal, al-Lat, Al-‘Uzzá and Manat. between the hills of Safa and Marwa seven times with Muhammad was known to regularly perform the her son. In desperation, she laid the baby on the sand Umrah, even before he began receiving revelation.[3] and begged for God's assistance. The baby cried and Historically, Muslims would gather at various hit the ground with his heel (some versions of the meeting points in other great cities, and then proceed story say that the angel Gabriel (Jibral) scraped his en masse towards Mecca, in groups that could comprise tens of thousands of pilgrims. Two of the http://www.jofamericanscience.org 745 [email protected] Journal of American Science 2012;8(12) http://www.jofamericanscience.org most famous meeting points were in Cairo and Bridge, from which they can throw their pebbles at Damascus. In Cairo, the Sultan would stand atop a the jamarat. On the second occasion, the other pillars platform of the famous gate Bab Zuwayla, to are stoned. The stoning consists of throwing seven officially watch the beginning of the annual pebbles.[4] Because of the crowds, in 2004 the pillars pilgrimage.[12] were replaced by long walls, with catch basins below In 631 CE, Muhammad led his followers from to collect the pebbles. Medina to Mecca; it was the first Hajj to be Eid al-Adha performed by Muslims alone, and the only Hajj ever After the Stoning of the Devil, the pilgrims performed by Muhammad. He cleansed the Kaaba, staying in mina in tents for three days for warship destroyed all the idols, and re-ordained the building as starting with perform animal sacrifices, to symbolize the house of God.[12] It was from this point that the God having mercy on Abraham and replacing his son Hajj became one of the Five Pillars of Islam. Ishmael with a ram, which Abraham then sacrificed. Performing Hajj was a hazardous journey for Traditionally the pilgrims slaughtered the animal early pilgrims; Ibn Jubayr noted the skeletons of themselves, or oversaw the slaughtering. Today many pilgrims who had died of thirst during the journey. In pilgrims buy a sacrifice voucher in Makkah before the the seventeenth century a group of Egyptian pilgrims greater Hajj begins, which allows an animal to be lost over 1,500 people and 900 camels. In 1924 slaughtered in their name on the 10th, without the around one-fifth of a group of Syrian pilgrims died pilgrim being physically present. Centralized butchers and two years later 12,000 are thought to have died sacrifice a single sheep for each pilgrim, or a cow can during the journey.[12] represent the sacrifice of seven people. The meat is Ramy al-Jamarat then packaged and given to charity and shipped to At Mina the pilgrims perform Ramy al-Jamarat, poor people around the world.[4] At the same time as throwing stones to signify their defiance of the Devil. the sacrifices occur at Mecca, Muslims worldwide This symbolizes the trials experienced by Abraham perform similar sacrifices, in a three day global while he was going to sacrifice his son as demanded festival called Eid al-Azha. [12] by Allah. The Devil challenged him three times, and Number of foreign pilgrims by year three times Abraham refused. Each pillar marks the According to the Royal Embassy of Saudi location of one of these refusals. On the first occasion Arabia, the following number of foreign pilgrims when Ramy al-Jamarat is performed, pilgrims stone arrived in Saudi Arabia each year, to perform the the largest pillar known as Jamrat'al'Aqabah.[12] Hajj: [20] Pilgrims climb ramps to the multi-levelled Jamaraat year Number of pilgrims year Number of pilgrims year Number of pilgrims 1920 58,584 2001 1,363,992 2010 2,521,000 1921 57,255 2005 1,534,759 2011 2,789,399 1922 56,319 2006 1,654,407 2012 2,927,717 1996 1,080,465 2007 1,707,814 1997 1,168,591 2008 1,829,841 1998 1,132,344 2009 1,913,000 Statement statistics pilgrimage in 1432 H within the Kingdom of the vast majority of whom are The total number of pilgrims in this year 1432 resident non-Saudis. (2,927,717) pilgrims, an increase of 5% on the Meanwhile, figures are available for Hajj visas number of pilgrims in the year 1431 issued in the United States in 2000; these are more Interest Statistics General And information : The than double the number for 1996. The breakdown is number of pilgrims 2,789,399 pilgrims as follows: declared interest Statistics General And information Consulate location 1996 2000 change Tuesday the results statistics for Hajj this year 1431. Washington DC 1,845 3,931 + 113 % The total number of pilgrims this year (2.789.399) New York, NY 2,458 4,311 + 75 % two and seven hundred and eighty nine thousand, Los Angeles, CA 841 2,015 + 139 % three hundred and ninety-nine pilgrims of them Houston, TX 195 619 + 217 % TOTAL 5,339 10,876 + 103 % (1.799.601) one million seven hundred and ninety nine thousand, six hundred and one pilgrims from 2. Problem statement outside Saudi Arabia and the rest and the number 10th of Dhu'l-Hijjah: the pilgrims well be in (989.798) nine hundred and nine and eighty thousand, Mina and they stay for three days for the stoning seven hundred and ninety and eight pilgrims from (ramy) of El Jamarat and wearshep for alla; the stoning must be performed according to pre- http://www.jofamericanscience.org 746 [email protected] Journal of American Science 2012;8(12) http://www.jofamericanscience.org determined schedules.
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